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Laverne Heather DaCosta – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The digital revolution of over twenty years has shifted how society communicates and the cellphone has become the most popular communication tool among adolescents. Consequently, cellphone use in the 21st century has extended to the classroom, and many educators are overwhelmed by students' unauthorized cellphone use. Researchers suggested…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Handheld Devices, Synchronous Communication, Attention Control
Pierre, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation explores the role of social media use in the social development of "at-risk" youth in Los Angeles, CA and Lafayette, IN, with a major goal of identifying beneficial ways to address the social support needs of youth and adolescents to aid in their successful assimilation into adulthood. This study employs ethnographic…
Descriptors: Social Media, At Risk Persons, Social Development, Social Support Groups